Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, his administration has slashed the work of many U.S. government agencies, including those focused on foreign policy. Now ...

March 1 marked Peace Corps Day when President Kennedy signed a 1961 executive order to establish the Peace Corps. Since 1961, more than 240,000 volunteers have served in 144 countries worldwide ...

The Peace Corps suspended global operations and evacuated nearly 7,000 volunteers from more than 60 countries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “My primary goal for the next two years in ...

President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the Peace Corps staff and other officials at a meeting in Washington on June 14, 1962. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges) ...

The Peace Corps, established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy and later authorized by Congress, recruits and deploys American volunteers to support development efforts around the world.

Lexington Peace Corps volunteers share inspiring stories of how international service helped shape their careers and better their local communities. ... Guatemala 1972-73, Panama 2015-2016.

DOGE, which is led by Elon Musk, arrived at U.S. Peace Corps headquarters, suggesting it could be the latest target of efforts to downsize the federal workforce.

The Peace Corps has about 970 full-time American employees who recruit new volunteers and oversee their training, health care and security. Of those employees, about 790 work in the United States.

Peace Corps great program Over six decades, more than 240,000 Peace Corps volunteers have served in 61 countries. I served as an agricultural-extension volunteer in Panama and a health-education ...

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Sources told ABC News that Peace Corps staff have been informed that members of the DOGE team will be on site and working through the weekend, and should be granted access to internal systems.